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Recyclable Paper Cup with EarthCoating reaches One Billion Cup Milestone
Smart Planet Technologies announces the attainment of a milestone: over one billion paper cups with EarthCoating have been sold globally.
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (PRWEB) October 14, 2021
Smart Planet Technologies announces the attainment of a milestone: over one billion paper cups with EarthCoating have been sold globally.
This milestone was achieved through the manufacture and sale of paper cups with EarthCoating by market-leading licensees such as Detpak (branded as RecycleMe), Huhtamaki CupPrint (sold under the brand name Reuusi), Linstol (branded as SuperCup), and PureCo (branded as PureCup). Customers span global brands such as United Airlines, Hungry Jack’s (Burger King Australia), Applegreen, as well as regional coffeehouse chains such as Reno, Nevada’s Coffeebar.
Paper cups with EarthCoating can address the long-standing need for recycling of over 320 billion paper cups globally on an annual basis. Conventional paper cups with polyethylene or compostable coatings are typically not recycled as they are generally not recyclable with conventional paper recycling systems. Paper cups with EarthCoating are designed to be universally compatible with paper recycling systems and to provide market opportunities to divert paper cups from landfill to premium recycled paper products. Collection systems have been introduced to recycle paper cups with Earthcoating into products such as copy paper by Australian Paper and gift wrap by Hallmark. Paper cups with EarthCoating have been certified recyclable with the highest “AAA rating” for recyclability by Europe’s Green Dot recycling program.
About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a materials engineering company focused on sustainable coating technologies for the packaging industry. Smart Planet’s EarthCoating technology is a drop-in replacement for conventional coatings, providing high-performance recyclable coated paper packaging applications while reducing plastic content. For more information, visit Smart Planet Technologies at smartplanettech.com
Carvajal Pulpa y Papel S.A. (Propal) and Carvajal Empaques S.A. license EarthCoating from Smart Planet Technologies
Carvajal Pulpa y Papel S.A. and Carvajal Empaques S.A. entered into a new technology partnership and license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies for the use of EarthCoating™ in a wide range of global packaging applications. Focused on Latin America but also including other global markets, the Carvajal Group operates manufacturing facilities that broaden the reach of EarthCoating™ technology into a wide range of new applications requiring less plastic in all packaging verticals, improved paper recyclability, and high barrier performance.
This partnership with Smart Planet Technologies “is a great fit for the strategy to enrich our portfolio and provide our customers more circular packaging solutions, taking into account sustainability as key purpose across all our activities and operations”, says Pedro Carvajal, CEO of Carvajal Group.
About Carvajal Empaques (CESA) and Carvajal Pulpa y Papel (CPP)
CESA is a leading Latin American manufacturer specialized in designing, producing, and distributing customized and innovative rigid packaging solutions to serve the needs of the foodservice, and certain consumer goods markets.
CPP is a leading Colombian manufacturer of several paper and paperboard grades, using as raw material yearly renewable sugar cane bagasse fibers. Within a range of substrates, starting with bleached, coated and uncoated grades, we proudly offer EARTH PACT®. A TREE-FREE paper and paperboard, 100% sugarcane cream color and free of bleaching chemicals. EARTH PACT® is ideal for folding carton, as well as flexible packaging solutions, with high quality for printing. The sugarcane fibers are a residue of the sugar production upcycled to paper and paperboard. These fibers come out of the sugar mill after squeezing its sweet juices.
Together, CESA and CPP operate ten manufacturing plants in Perú, Colombia, Central America and México, with sales offices in Chile, as well as sales and distribution facilities in Ecuador and San Antonio (USA). With estimated sales over USD 650 million USD by 2021, CESA and CPP, are present in most Latin American markets and the US.
About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a global consumer and industrial packaging engineering company offering new environmental solutions to stakeholders and the packaging industry. EarthCoating™ technology enhances sustainability through plastic reduction and improved recycling. EarthCoating™ is globally commercialized throughout the flexible and foodservice packaging industries with high volume resin manufacturing, coating, printing and converting locations throughout the US, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.
Smart Planet Technologies extends paper cup license agreement with Huhtamaki CupPrint Ltd.
Smart Planet Technologies has extended the licence agreement with Huhtamaki CupPrint, to continue the rapid growth of their product line of paper cups using EarthCoating®. The licence agreement extension also makes the product available to Huhtamaki Business units in select global markets.
Extension of agreement builds on the success of innovative paper cup offerings
Newport Beach, CA, Tuesday, June 8, 2020— Smart Planet Technologies has extended the licence agreement with Huhtamaki CupPrint, to continue the rapid growth of their product line of paper cups using EarthCoating®. The licence agreement extension also makes the product available to Huhtamaki Business units in select global markets.
The paper cups are made with 100% PEFC-certified paperboard and are specifically designed and qualified to be recycled in regular waste processing plants. In 2018, reCUP paper cups made by Huhtamaki CupPrint with EarthCoating were awarded the coveted AAA recyclability certification by the Institute cyclos-HTP in conjunction with the European Green Dot scheme, which is recognised throughout the EU & Switzerland, and awarded a classification in category 13, to be recovered along with uncoated mixed paper.
“We’ve been thrilled by the success of reCUP, and with the extension of our agreement, reaffirm the commitment to offering customers the latest in sustainable solutions. Innovation in paper cups and other foodservice packaging continue to advance the sustainability of paper-based packaging. Paper cups with EarthCoating deliver on the goal of paper cups certified to be compatible with conventional paper recycling systems”, says Will Lorenzi, President of Smart Planet Technologies.
“As paper cup design and collection continue to advance, we can meet consumer demand for both convenience and sustainability, meaning that paper cups will continue to have an important role to play in the coffee to-go business which has seen such successful growth in the past decade. The reCUP and Re|UUSI product lines, paper cups using EarthCoating, have been particularly successful for us in that regard. By offering customers genuine choice, they are able to use the cups most appropriate for their business and know that they are making a difference”, says Terry Fox, General Manager of Huhtamaki CupPrint Ltd.
For more information:
Todd Gasparik, VP Marketing, Smart Planet Technologies, Inc.
todd@smartplanettech.com
Terry Fox, General Manager, Huhtamaki CupPrint
communications@cupprint.com
About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a materials engineering and intellectual property company focused on advancements in sustainable packaging materials for the foodservice packaging industry. To learn more, visit: www.SmartPlanetTech.com and www.reCUP.earth
Stratex Licenses EarthCoating® from Smart Planet Technologies for use in next-generation environmental packaging solutions
EarthCoating® is a mineralization and plastic reduction technology providing superior performance and improved recyclability for all types of plastic, paper, and paperboard packaging applications.
EarthCoating® is a mineralization and plastic reduction technology providing superior performance and improved recyclability for all types of plastic, paper, and paperboard packaging applications.
May 15, 2020, Newport Beach, California— Stratex Group Ltd., headquarters located at Sylvia Park Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand has entered into a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies, for use of EarthCoating in wide range of advanced packaging applications. Focused on the New Zealand and Australia areas, our Stratex partnership broadens the reach of EarthCoating mineralization of plastics technology into a wide range of flexible packaging applications requiring high barrier and heat seal performance.
About Stratex Group Ltd.
Located in Auckland, New Zealand, the Stratex Group Ltd is an international producer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials, specializing in the production of fiber based, intelligent, multi-laminate products. Stratex specializes in packaging materials for both high-speed and precise packaging lines. This encompasses products ranging from food sachets, wraps and lidding materials. Our expertise includes covers, papers, polymers, and printing with a strong focus on circular economy solutions.
About Smart Planet Technologies
Smart Planet Technologies is a global consumer and industrial packaging engineering company offering new environmental solutions to stakeholders and the packaging industry. EarthCoating technology enhances sustainability through plastic reduction and improved recycling. EarthCoating is fully commercialized in the United States, Asia, Australia, and Europe. It is currently used in high volume consumer packaging products such as cup stock, foodservice, boxboard, flexible packaging, barrier liners, and wet labels.
Walki licenses EarthCoating® technology from Smart Planet Technologies to strengthen its Zero Waste Future Platform (Fastmarkets RISI)
Walki Group has entered into a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies, for the use of Earth Coating in a number of next generation environmental packaging applications. Earth Coating™ is a plastic reduction technology providing superior performance and improved recyclability for all types of plastic, paper, and paperboard packaging applications.
With this technology Walki takes a big step towards a zero-waste future. Today above 80% of our products are made out of renewable or recyclable materials. Our goal is to reach 100 % by the year 2030.
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